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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Right to Warn of “Fascism in the United States” Bolsonaro

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Right to Warn of “Fascism in the United States”

On Tuesday, after television coverage of the Democratic National Convention drew to a close, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez expanded on her 97-second recorded convention message by taking to Instagram. The firebrand progressive, a favorite target of Republicans and an occasional thorn in the side of the Democratic establishment, had a message…
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August 20, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a ‘lie’ Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a ‘lie’

/ Americas Issued on: 12/08/2020 - 19:07Modified: 12/08/2020 - 19:11 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in the capital Brasilia, July 24, 2020. © Evaristo Sa, AFP Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a "lie," despite data produced by his own government showing…
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August 12, 2020
Amazon Deforestation Falls Where Land Is Under Indigenous Control Bolsonaro

Amazon Deforestation Falls Where Land Is Under Indigenous Control

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s government, meanwhile, has worked to erode Indigenous protections and ownershipA logging branch within the Menkragnoti Indigenous Land. Illegal logging and deforestation for farm formation are the major causes of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Credit: Marcio Isensee e Sa Getty Images Indigenous people in the Brazilian…
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August 11, 2020
Jair Bolsonaro Is Pushing Brazil’s Democracy To Its Breaking Point Bolsonaro

Jair Bolsonaro Is Pushing Brazil’s Democracy To Its Breaking Point

Twenty months into the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil is on the brink of a democratic disaster.  More than 100,000 Brazilians have died of COVID-19, a pandemic the far-right president largely dismissed as a conspiracy. The economy is approaching a free-fall. And Bolsonaro’s authoritarian attempts to seize control of the…
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August 11, 2020
Bolsonaro celebrates soccer team’s triumph as Brazil coronavirus death toll tops 100,000 Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro celebrates soccer team’s triumph as Brazil coronavirus death toll tops 100,000

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro posted a photo of himself to Facebook congratulating his soccer team, Palmeiras, for winning the state title Saturday, moments after the health ministry confirmed the national COVID-19 death toll had surpassed 100,000.Why it matters: Brazil is only the second country to confirm more than 100,000 deaths from…
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August 9, 2020
Brazil Bolsonaro: Facebook told to block accounts of president’s supporters Bolsonaro

Brazil Bolsonaro: Facebook told to block accounts of president’s supporters

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Several of Mr Bolsonaro's supporters are accused of spreading fake news via social media Facebook has complied with an order by Brazil's Supreme Court to block the accounts of a dozen top allies of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.The group are accused of spreading fake news…
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August 1, 2020